Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Financial Services tanked 14 percent to Rs 192.05 in Friday’s intra-day trade, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed the company to immediately cease any recovery or repossession activities via an outsource till further orders. In its order, the RBI also mentioned that the non-banking finance company may continue with recovery or repossession activities through its own employees. The directive comes days after external loan recovery agents of Mahindra Finance allegedly crushed a 27-year-old pregnant woman in Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand to death under a tractor. The agent was forcibly taking the vehicle away, financed by the company, for non-payment of dues, a senior police official had told PTI."This action is based on certain material supervisory concerns observed in the said NBFC, with regard to the management of its outsourcing activities," RBI said in a statement.
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